Information Society Watch

August 12, 2008, The Industry Standard

The article traces the growing popularity of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) in Pakistan. The non-proprietary and low cost deployment model of the open source world has attracted not only the amateur enthusiast, it has now widespread deployment in large financial enterprises. From humble beginnings almost a decade back, FOSS has captured significant mindshare of CIOs of large industries in Pakistan, which augurs well for the spread and use of ICT in the country.

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